Eelive.ng recently gathered that a 26-year-old Ghanaian lawyer who passed away while watching her country, Ghana, defeat Panama in their opening group match of the ongoing FIFA World Cup campaign in the United States of America, Mexico, and Canada.
According to reports gathered, the 26-year-old lawyer identified as Sara Araba Tettey suffered a cardiac arrest while celebrating the win on Wednesday, June 17.
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In a statement published by MyJoyOnline, Tettey was watching the match with friends at Standard Hostel, a private student residence in Bomso near the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) campus in Kumasi.
Witnesses said jubilant celebrations erupted after the Black Stars secured victory, but Tettey suddenly became unresponsive during the excitement.
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Friends and other patrons immediately rushed her to KNUST Hospital, where medical personnel battled to save her life.
Sources quoted by the outlet said doctors administered cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) for about 45 minutes in an attempt to revive her. She was, however, later pronounced dead.
Her body has reportedly been deposited at the hospital mortuary pending an autopsy and funeral arrangements.
Her final tweet on the microblogging site, X, reads, “Goal! I love these boys.”
Following the announcement of her untimely passing, condolence messages have poured in from her followers and mutuals on the microblogging platform. Read what social media users have to say:
Ghana’s Caleb Yirenkyi scored a 95th-minute winner to deny Panama their first-ever World Cup point in Toronto, Canada on Wednesday night.
